Westminster in Orange County is one more victim of the state's indifference to local government. City services - and neighborhoods - are in decline everywhere.
"The state is making up the rules as it goes along," say a coalition of cities. They want the courts to sort out the chaos. The issue, inevitably, is who gets the money.
The leaders of the scandal-plagued and nearly bankrupt Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (known to many Angelenos simply as "the Coliseum") may want to consider some public relations lessons.
As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
A recent report released last week states that last year's Occupy Los Angeles protest will cost the City almost double the original estimate: $5 million.